7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
Overview
Based on the bestselling book series, this outrageous comedy tells the story of George and Harold, two overly imaginative pranksters who hypnotize their principal into thinking he’s an enthusiastic, yet dimwitted, superhero named Captain Underpants.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Viewer Rating
7.0
Overview
Based on the bestselling book series, this outrageous comedy tells the story of George and Harold, two overly imaginative pranksters who hypnotize their principal into thinking he’s an enthusiastic, yet dimwitted, superhero named Captain Underpants.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film is rated neutral because its central conflict between stifling authority and childhood imagination is an apolitical, universal theme, and its solution champions general values of creativity and humor rather than specific political ideologies.
The movie demonstrates significant diversity through the explicit racial recasting of one of its main protagonists, George Beard. While featuring this intentional casting, the narrative itself does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center around strong DEI themes, maintaining a largely neutral framing in its comedic plot.
Secondary
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the comedic adventures of two elementary school boys and their principal, with no elements related to queer identity present in the story.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is an animated comedy centered on two elementary school pranksters and their hypnotized principal. The film does not include any transsexual characters or explore related themes, focusing instead on childhood imagination and superhero adventures.
The film does not feature any female characters engaging in direct physical combat against male opponents. Female characters present are in non-combat roles.
The film adapts the established characters from the Captain Underpants book series. All major characters, including George, Harold, Captain Underpants/Mr. Krupp, and Professor Poopypants, retain their original canonical genders from the source material.
The film adapts the established races of its main characters, George Beard (Black) and Harold Hutchins (white), directly from the source book series. No canonical characters were portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
6.3
Critic Ratings
8.7
6.9
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